TIL DVD started out as two competing standards by Sony/Phillips and Toshiba/Time Warner. The two ended up unifying into a single project after IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Compaq and Hewlett Packard said they would boycott booth unless they did so.
https://variety.com/1995/scene/markets-festivals/computer-exex-say-two-s-a-crowd-in-dvd-war-99127429/
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COMPUTER EXEX SAY TWO'S A CROWD IN DVD WAR
Will the computer industry become the peacemaker in the digital videodisc wars? That seemed like the possible next chapter in the ongoing technosaga involving the rival formats – that is, unless a new lawsuit filed by a disc manufacturer succeeds in …Variety Staff (Variety)
